Mark Parrish was born February 2, 1977 in Edina, Minnesota. The 3rd choice, 79th overall selection of the Colorado Avalanche in the 1996 NHL Entry Draft, Parrish is a graduate of the Jefferson Jaguars High School team where in his final year he tallied 60 points on 40 goals and 20 assists in only 27 games. Following his final at Jefferson High School, Parrish joined the WCHA's St. Cloud State Huskies in the fall of 1996.

The Edina, Minnesota native spent two seasons at St. Cloud State capturing NCAA West Second Team All-Star honors in 1997 before leaving the school to join the WHL's Seattle Thunderbirds in 1997-98.

A two-time member of the United States World Junior team in 1996 and 1997 and member of its 1998 World Championship team, Parrish played in one game with the AHL's New Haven Beast during the 1997-98 season after having his rights traded by Colorado to the Florida Panthers midway through the season.

Parrish made his NHL debut with the Panthers in 1998-99, playing in 73 games and scoring 24 goals while only playing two games with New Haven.

In 1999-00 Parrish played in all but one the Panthers 82 games improving his goal (28) and point totals (44) before being traded during the off-season to the New York Islanders.

Following the trade Parrish's numbers went down in 2000-01 before establishing career highs in goals (30) assists (30) and points (60) in 2001-02 earning an invite to the 2002 All-Star Game. Later that spring, Parrish represented his homeland at the 2001 World Championships and over the course of the next two seasons continued to be an offensive leader for the Isles.

In the spring of 2005, Parrish made his third appearance at the Worlds' and in 2006 was a member of the U.S. Olympic team. Despite his strong play with the Islanders, Parrish was dealt to the Los Angeles Kings just prior to the NHL trading deadline in hopes adding some offense to their lineup.

His stint with Kings was short lived however as Parrish was signed as a free agent by the Minnesota Wild in the off-season.

REGULAR SEASON

PLAYOFFS

Season

Club

League

GP

G

A

TP

PIM

+/-

GP

G

A

TP

PIM

1994-95

Jefferson Jaguars

High-MN

27

40

20

60

42

1995-96

St. Cloud State Huskies

WCHA

39

15

13

28

30

1995-96

United States

WJC-A

6

1

3

4

2

1996-97

St. Cloud State Huskies

WCHA

35

27

15

42

60

1996-97

United States

WJC-A

6

5

2

7

8

1997-98

Seattle Thunderbirds

WHL

54

54

38

92

29

+33

5

2

3

5

2

1997-98

Beast of New Haven

AHL

1

1

0

1

2

1997-98

United States

WC-A

6

0

0

0

4

1998-99

Florida Panthers

NHL

73

24

13

37

25

-6

1998-99

Beast of New Haven

AHL

2

1

0

1

0

+1

1999-00

Florida Panthers

NHL

81

26

18

44

39

+1

4

0

1

1

0

2000-01

New York Islanders

NHL

70

17

13

30

28

-27

2000-01

United States

WC-A

4

1

0

1

2

+1

2001-02

New York Islanders

NHL

78

30

30

60

32

+10

7

2

1

3

6

2002-03

New York Islanders

NHL

81

23

25

48

28

-11

5

1

0

1

4

2003-04

New York Islanders

NHL

59

24

11

35

18

+8

5

1

2

3

0

2004-05

2004-05

United States

WC-A

6

5

0

5

6

+2

2005-06

New York Islanders

NHL

57

24

17

41

16

-14

2005-06

Los Angeles Kings

NHL

19

5

3

8

4

-9

2005-06

United States

Olympics

6

0

0

0

4

-2

2006-07

Minnesota Wild

NHL

76

19

20

39

18

+9

5

1

0

1

0

2007-08

Minnesota Wild

NHL

66

16

14

30

16

+2

1

0

0

0

0

2008-09

Dallas Stars

NHL

44

8

5

13

18

-3

2008-09

Bridgeport Sound Tigers

AHL

3

1

1

2

2

0

2009-10

Norfolk Admirals

AHL

56

17

21

38

32

+3

2009-10

Tampa Bay Lightning

NHL

16

0

2

2

4

-5

2010-11

Buffalo Sabres

NHL

2

0

0

0

0

-2

2010-11

Portland Pirates

AHL

56

17

34

51

12

+4

12

3

3

6

0

2011-12

Binghamton Senators

AHL

51

15

15

30

12

-15

NHL Totals

722

216

171

387

246

27

5

4

9

10

NCAA West Second All-American Team (1997) WHL West First All-Star Team (1998)
Played in NHL All-Star Game (2002)

Rights traded to Florida by Colorado with Anaheim's 3rd round pick (previously acquired, Florida selected Lance Ward) in 1998 NHL Draft for Tom Fitzgerald, March 24, 1998. Traded to NY Islanders by Florida with Oleg Kvasha for Roberto Luongo and Olli Jokinen, June 24, 2000. Traded to Los Angeles by NY Islanders with Brent Sopel for Denis Grebeshkov and Jeff Tambellini, March 8, 2006. Signed as a free agent by Minnesota, July 1, 2006. Signed as a free agent by Dallas, November 5, 2008. Signed as a free agent by Norfolk (AHL), October 8, 2009. Signed as a free agent by Tampa Bay, February 9, 2010. Signed as a free agent by Buffalo, October 6, 2010. Signed as a free agent by Ottawa, July 8, 2011. Officially announced his retirement, November 25, 2012.